Legal Profession (International Services) Rules 2007

No. S 361

Legal Profession Act

(Chapter 161)

Legal Profession (International Services) Rules 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 130G, 130H, 130K and 130T of the Legal Profession Act, the Minister for Law, after consulting the Attorney-General, hereby makes the following Rules:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (International Services) Rules 2007 and shall come into operation on 6th July 2007.

Forms

2.—(1) The forms to be used for the purposes of these Rules are those set out at the Internet website of the Legal Profession (International Services) Secretariat of the Attorney-General’s Chambers at http://www.agc.gov.sg/lps (under “Application Forms and Fees”), and any reference in these Rules to a numbered form shall be construed as a reference to the current version of the form bearing the corresponding number which is displayed at that website.

(2) Any document required to be lodged with the Attorney-General under any provision of the Act or these Rules shall be —

(a)	lodged in the relevant form and in the manner specified in the website referred to in paragraph (1), or in such other manner as the Attorney-General may specify; and
(b)	accompanied by such documents, particulars and information as may be specified in the relevant form.

(3) All forms used for the purposes of these Rules shall be completed in the English language and in accordance with such directions as may be specified in the form or by the Attorney-General.

(4) The Attorney-General may refuse to accept any form that is —

(a)	not completed or lodged in accordance with this rule; or
(b)	not accompanied by the appropriate fee referred to in these Rules.

(5) The Attorney-General may refuse to issue any certificate, letter or other document if the appropriate fee referred to in these Rules has not been paid.

(6) Where strict compliance with any form is not possible, the Attorney-General may allow for the necessary modifications to be made to that form, or for the requirements of that form to be complied with in such other manner as the Attorney-General thinks fit.

Made this 3rd day of July 2007.

CHAN LAI FUNG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.

[LAW 32/001/8.15; AG/LRRD/3/2006/5]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 131 of the Legal Profession Act).

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